Striving in Gentleness

Everyday we see fighting amongst the children of men. We find it so difficult to seek common ground which is so tragic. We all have one thing in common but so often fail to realize it and that is that we are all His children. Lets start there. Now, I'm an under no illusions that this will solve all of the worlds problems because we know that siblings will fight. They will quarrel in the back seat of the car, they will argue over the last piece of candy and at times even come to blows. But yet they still feel a sense of kinship and when the moment has passed and they come to themselves you see them once again expressing their love and appreciation for one another.
It is even more tragic for those of us who profess to be Christian. There is no need to point fingers at another faith and say they are absolutely wrong. There is no room for this nor is there time, we have to great a work ahead of us and most of us believe that we are in the final days. Besides are we not all fallen and seeking to find our way home. Again here I understand that we can not all be completely right while espousing contradictory doctrines but can we not seek to bring about His love on the grounds of what we have in common as in, "Do unto others...", and "love thy neighbor."

In the book of Timothy chapter 2 Paul teaches, "But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes. And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,  In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth..."

Is Paul not saying here "do not bash!" It is clear that we ought to teach others with love and patience and to let the Lord work with them on a full conversion. We ought to however seek to bring peace and not strife to our siblings. We ought to work together no matter what religion we are to ease the suffering, to share of our abundance, and  of our talents which we have been blessed with. Are we not taught that, Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

In other words ease the burdens of others, be mindful of those in need. This is how we live our religion not by bashing someone's seemingly "awkward" beliefs. Jesus taught His disciples that if they judged another they would be judged with that same judgment. 

I say let us join hands in lifting the hands that hang down, it does not matter why they are hanging. Bring some light and peace in your part of the Lord's vineyard, this is why you are there to serve all those you meet. Will you join me?

What say ye?